• Edition of 4
• 40 x 50 inch / 102 x 127 cm
• C-type print on Fuji Flex super gloss
• Signed, numbered & titled on reverse
• Certificate of authenticity
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• *Price unframed
• Framing arranged by request

An intergenerational artistic collaboration uniting K2 Plant Hire Ltd (formerly known as The KLF), Sports Banger, Chunky and Gareth McConnell. Photographed at the Pyramids of Giza during the full moon, and featured in The Krossing book.

"On arrival in Egypt, the visionary aspects of the desert landscape took hold of me spontaneously, and I realised I wanted to create works that engaged with the idea of the 'Holy Fool'*" GM

*The Holy Fool is a spiritual archetype found in various traditions, particularly Eastern Orthodox Christianity, who defies social norms to reveal deeper spiritual truths. Through outward eccentricity and defiance of societal expectations, the Holy Fool serves as a prophet, a truth-teller to power, and a reminder of a more beautiful and spiritual reality. They often embrace poverty, homelessness, and disruptive behavior, but their actions are symbolic and driven by an inner commitment to a higher spiritual understanding, sometimes in a way that is indirect.
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'Why would anyone be poking around the pyramids in hi-viz gear, pushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks across a barren landscape? It’s a big question – perhaps dangerously big. In Gareth McConnell’s vivid and mysterious photographs from the Giza Plateau, a lone workman seems to be searching for something. What is Chunky doing out there? Is he on a pilgrimage, or a quest? Paying homage to the ancients? Raiding tombs? I’ve got an idea, but it’s too weird for an opening paragraph. Allow me to start by setting the scene. When Pharaoh Khufu ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid, the first and biggest of the three pyramids at Giza, he secured his voyage into the afterlife, where he expected to become a god. The pyramids became one of the most recognisable symbols of human civilisation. In our collective imagination – a dimension where ideas can feel as solid as physical objects – the pyramids take up a lot of space. You don’t need to have visited Giza to know what they represent: life after death. So if someone was to bootleg Khufu’s design to build their own monument, thousands of years later, and if they were to call that monument The Peoples Pyramid, then the meaning of this would, I think, be self-evident.'

Chal Ravens, excerpt from The Krossing, 2025